assarb

Catalan

Etymology

From Arabic السَّرَاب (as-sarāb, “sewage”), through Andalusian Arabic. Cognate of Spanish azarbe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈsarp]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [aˈsaɾp]

Noun

assarb m (plural assarbs)

1. irrigation ditch

Further reading

• “assarb”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024